CN102842598A - Improved sawtooth electric field drift region structure for power semiconductor device - Google Patents
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Abstract
This invention discloses a semiconductor power device formed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor power device further includes rows of multiple horizontal columns of thin layers of alternate conductivity types in a drift region of the semiconductor substrate where each of the thin layers having a thickness to enable a punch through the thin layers when the semiconductor power device is turned on. In a specific embodiment the thickness of the thin layers satisfying charge balance equation q*ND*WN=q*NA*WP and a punch through condition of WP<2*WD*[ND/(NA+ND)], wherein ND and WN represent the doping concentration and the thickness of the N type layers 160, while NA and WP represent the doping concentration and thickness of the P type layers; WD represents the depletion width; and q represents an electron charge which can cancel out. This device allows for a near ideal rectangular electric field profile at breakdown voltage with sawtooth like ridges. In another exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor power device further includes a sawtooth insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). In another exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor power device further includes a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). In another exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor power device further includes a power diode.
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Original bill denomination of invention: the improved sawtooth electric field drift region structure that is used for power semiconductor;
Original bill application number: 200810185082.6;
The original bill applying date: on December 25th, 2008.
Technical field
The present invention relates to semiconductor power device.Relate in particular to be applied in to make in the power semiconductor and can obtain new construction and new method according to the improved drift region of profile of tooth Electric Field Distribution; For example: insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); Power MOSFET, emitter switch class thyristor and power diode.
Background technology
Because the trade-off between forward blocking voltage and the conduction voltage drop, the conventional art of configuration and manufacturing vertical power device further is being faced with many difficulties and restriction on the improvement performance.This performance also further receives the restriction of the trade-off between the conducting state forward voltage drop of conversion speed and device, and this conducting state forward voltage drop receives conductivity modulation in the process of forward conduction.Being formed on drift region on the epitaxial loayer of semiconductor power device need reduce doping content and hinder but high voltage.Yet the existence of low doped region has caused high resistance, forward conduction minimizing, effect to reduce and febrifacient increase.Bipolar device such as IGBT and the emitter switch class thyristor high-level minority carrier through the low-doped drift region in conductive process injects and improves conduction voltage drop.Yet the drawback of this kind situation is the reduction of conversion performance.
A main aspect improving vertical power device is to improve the Electric Field Distribution of drift region.Typical vertical power device hinders but at forward and has the triangle Electric Field Distribution or have trapezoidal Electric Field Distribution in the pattern, is to depend on respectively whether it has non-puncture design or puncture (punch through) design.Yet, the drift region that these Electric Field Distribution need be also thicker than the drift region thickness of necessity.The thickness of the resistive drift region that desirable rectangle Electric Field Distribution needs is minimum.This situation is as shown in Figure 5, and in after a while open detailed description.
Fig. 1 (prior art) is the cross sectional representation of traditional insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT).IGBT is a semiconductor power device that has combined control of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) (MOS) grid and bipolar current mechanism.The functional characteristic of mos field effect transistor (MOSFET) and bipolar joint transistor (BJT) all is combined among the IGBT.The performance characteristic of IGBT is in order to obtain than the higher current density of MOSFET with than BJT transfer characteristic faster.For these reasons, the IGBT device application is in high voltage (> 10kw) during low frequency and intermediate frequency (high to 30KHZ) use.Yet the electric field that conventional I GBT as shown in Figure 1 still is faced with drift region does not have the technical limitations of desirable rectangular shape.Therefore, thus the thickness of drift region need bear greater than necessary minimum thickness and hinders but voltage.
Therefore, be necessary for semiconductor power device and be provided at the new structure that drift region has the improvement electric field.Thereby hoping to have used new can provide the semiconductor power device of improved drift region electric field can obtain to hinder but ability with the same voltage of conventional semiconductors power device with improved drift region structure; For example; Traditional I GBT has significantly reduced 20% on the thickness of drift region.Further be desirable to provide improved semiconductor power device and obtain improved forward voltage drop and conversion performance with thinner drift region; Widen with this and to include, but are not limited to IGBT; Power diode, the application of the semiconductor power device of power thyristor and power MOSFET.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of new and improved device architecture and manufacturing approach, come, for example can obtain high voltage and hinder but ability based on having in batches the IGBT of silicon in the conduction mode for semiconductor power device provides a drift region.Improved drift region replaces the P type conductive form of arrangement by the plurality of rows level and the horizontal columns thin layer of N type conductive form constitutes.Select doping content and the thickness of thin doped layer to reach adjacent P type layer and the charge balance between the N type layer.In addition, in the selection of the thickness of N type layer and doping content, make its can bear the P type layer that comes from its top and bottom in build electromotive force puncture.This electric current for forward conduction operating period of guaranteeing this equipment is crucial.
Special; An object of the present invention is provides new and an improved device architecture and a manufacture method for semiconductor power device; IGBT for example; Replace the P type conductive form of arrangement and the horizontal columns thin layer of N type conductive form through using the plurality of rows level that can reach charge balance, can obtain high voltage applications, therefore in forward resistance process but, can realize Electric Field Distribution according to profile of tooth.This electric field makes drift region obtain best voltage to hinder but ability, and traditional I GBT relatively, needs to reduce by 20% drift region thickness.
Another object of the present invention is that the drift layer for the drift region of semiconductor power device provides P type and N type doped layer alternately.The puncture voltage of semiconductor power device does not depend on the doping content of P layer and N layer.Therefore, as long as keep charge balance, and the N layer just can increase the doping rank greatly through can standing the puncture that comes from the built-in depletion widths of closing on PN junction.
Another object of the present invention provides one and new with improved device architecture and manufacturing approach improved zigzag IGBT is provided; The horizontal columns thin layer that this IGBT utilizes the plurality of rows level to replace the different conduction types of arranging is realized high-voltage applications, and the decoupling effect of utilizing the thin doped layer of these horizontal columns to be produced reduces gate leakage capacitance.The thickness of these thin doped layers and doping content should be able to be kept charge balance, and the N layer can bear the puncture that comes from the built-in depletion widths of closing on PN junction.
Another object of the present invention provides new and an improved device architecture and a manufacturing approach; This method has the resistance of minimizing and the semiconductor power device of improved exchange velocity through the doping content manufacturing that increases drift region under the situation that puncture voltage is not suffered a loss.This new device architecture is realized with manufacturing approach is replaced the different conductive form of arranging by the plurality of rows level polynary horizontal columns thin layer.The thickness of these thin doped layers should reach the degree that can keep charge balance, and the N layer can bear the puncture that comes from the built-in depletion widths of closing on PN junction.
In brief, in a preferred implementation, the invention discloses a semiconductor power device that is formed on the Semiconductor substrate.This semiconductor power device further is included in P type and the polynary horizontal columns thin layer of N type layer that the plurality of rows level in the drift region on the Semiconductor substrate is alternately arranged, and this each thin layer all has the doping content and the thickness that charge balance and N type layer can be born come from the built-in depletion widths puncture of adjacent layer.
In addition, this invention also discloses the method for on Semiconductor substrate, making semiconductor power device.This method is included in the step of the polynary horizontal columns thin layer that forms the difference conduction form that the plurality of rows level alternately arranges on the drift region of Semiconductor substrate.
After having read below in conjunction with the specific descriptions of accompanying drawing to preferred enforcement row, these and other effect of the present invention and advantage are for the person of ordinary skill of the art beyond doubt significantly.
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Fig. 1 is the cross sectional representation of conventional I GBT in the prior art.
Fig. 2 is the present invention has the sawtooth pattern IGBT of alternative P type layer and N type layer at drift region a cross sectional representation.
Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B are the cross sectional representation of drift layer of the present invention two different designs having horizontal P layer and have adjacent N layer in the top and the bottom of P layer.
Fig. 4 is current-voltage figure, and the forward voltage that this current-voltage figure has compared two kinds of different sawtooth pattern IGBT devices among the 1200V IGBT that has the N drift region in the prior art and the present invention hinders but performance.
Fig. 5 is conventional I GBT and two kinds of IGBT devices with different sawtooth patterns comparison diagram along the vertical electric field of drift region under the puncture voltage situation.
Fig. 6 is the current-voltage figure of the forward conduction performance of the IGBT device of two kinds of contrast conventional I GBT and the present invention with sawtooth pattern.
Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B are respectively the cross sectional representation of conventional power MOSFET and sawtooth pattern power MOSFET.
Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B are respectively the cross sectional representation of conventional power diode and sawtooth pattern power diode.
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The invention discloses a technology that realizes electrical field shape near the drift region of desirable rectangle.Explanation for example, the present invention has used the vertical plane insulated gate bipolar transistor.Yet as noted earlier, this technology can be applied to all vertical/transverse semiconductor power devices.
The cross sectional representation of sawtooth pattern IGBT100 as shown in Figure 2, this IGBT can be used as an assembly of integrated circuit (not particularly pointing out).IGBT100 is formed on the Semiconductor substrate 105, and this Semiconductor substrate 105 has first conductive form, for example, and P type substrate 105.Epitaxial loayer 110 with second conductive form, N-epitaxial loayer 110 is arranged on the top of P type substrate 105.IGBT100 is a vertical IGBT device, and this vertical IGBT device has the collector electrode 120 and the emitter 130 that is arranged on top surface that are arranged on the basal surface of substrate.Grid 135 is arranged on the top of insulating barrier 125.Emitter region 115 be formed on emitter 130 below, surrounded by P-body region 140, this P-body region 140 extends below in emitter N-district 115 and comes, the zone below P+ regional 145 extends to gate insulator 125.When applying one when surpassing the grid voltage of threshold voltage, npn bipolar transistor is with regard to conducting.Electric current, flows to substrate 105 again and flows to collector electrode 120 at last through P-body region 140 and the drift region that P+ zone 145 flows to as N epitaxial loayer 110 parts from emitting area 115.
In addition, in order to ensure the puncture of P horizontal columns 150, the thickness limits of P horizontal columns 150 is in the limit of calculating according to following formula: W
P<2*W
D* [N
D/ (N
A+ N
D)].Wherein, W
DThe depletion widths of the P type horizontal columns 150 that representative is alternately arranged and the PN junction of N type horizontal columns 160.
IGBT1 shown in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B and the structure of IGBT2 are calculated according to above two formula.Those skilled in the art should be clear, and IGBT1 and IGBT2 only are that the present invention is according to two in the countless possible structure of above two formula calculating.
P-type horizontal columns alternately 150 can form in the in-situ doped process of epitaxial loayer 110 with N-type horizontal columns 160.Original position doped epitaxial layer in the outer layer growth process, therefore, the N type that in epitaxial loayer 110 growth courses, hockets and P type mix, thereby form P type post alternately 150 and N type post 160.
An optional mode that forms horizontal columns 150 and horizontal columns 160 is at first to implant a N-type epitaxial loayer (forming an independent N-type post 160), carries out shallow P-type then and injects and form post 150.Repeatedly repeat above step as required and form P-type and N-type horizontal columns 150 and 160 alternately.This technology is applicable to that horizontal columns 150 and 160 is not many, and the relatively thinner situation of P type post 150, for example structure I GBT2.
A main advantage of this invention is not need mask to make P-type and N-type horizontal columns 150 and 160.
Alternative P in epitaxial loayer 110-type horizontal columns 150 produces a horizontal component of electric field with N-type horizontal columns 160 in epitaxial loayer 110, thereby this epitaxial loayer 110 is as the drift region with semiconductor power device of zigzag fashion.The sawtooth pattern electric field makes drift region obtain optimal utilization, and in order to guarantee that same forward hinders but voltage, needs less epitaxy layer thickness.
Fig. 4 is that two kinds of different structures of traditional 1200V SHBT device and sawtooth waveforms IGBT device such as the forward of IGBT1 and IGBT2 hinder the but contrast of current-voltage curve.The forward of tradition 1200V SHBT device and sawtooth pattern IGBT device such as IGBT1 and IGBT2 hinders but, and current-voltage curve is denoted as 401,402,403 respectively.Shown in figure, all devices all have similar puncture voltage, all surpass 1200V.Yet sawtooth pattern IGBT device of the present invention has an epitaxial loayer, and the thickness of this epitaxial loayer is littler by 20% than the thickness of conventional I GBT device.
Fig. 5 is conventional I GBT device and two sawtooth pattern IGBT devices, and the forward of IGBT1 and IGBT2 hinders the but contrast of the Electric Field Distribution of puncture voltage.Trunnion axis, the measurement of distance (μ m) are that top from epitaxial loayer is to the bottom.Conventional I GBT and sawtooth pattern IGBT, the electric field curve of IGBT1 and IGBT2 is denoted as 501,502,503 respectively.The Electric Field Distribution of conventional I GBT501 is trapezoidal.Because the curvature in P-tagma 140, the peak value of electric field begin to appear at the PN junction place of P-tagma 140 and N-epitaxial loayer 110.Electric field weakens along drift region with the slope of drift region doping.At the PN junction place of N-extension 110 and P+ substrate 105, electric field levels off to 0.Because the voltage that on epitaxial loayer, applies is the zone that is positioned at below the curve; The conclusion that can draw be when electric field when drift region reduces; Voltage on the epitaxial loayer also can reduce, and has caused the suboptimum of this epitaxial loayer on conventional semiconductors power devices such as for example conventional I GBT to use.Showed further that like Fig. 5 the electric field of conventional I GBT has a trapezoidal Electric Field Distribution, this distribution has caused the suboptimum of epitaxial loayer to use, and therefore needs a thicker drift region to realize but voltage of same resistance.Because alternative P type post 150 and N type post 160, sawtooth waveforms IGBT Electric Field Distribution (502 and 503) be flat on the other hand, and have zigzag fashion.Flat electric field has caused the optimization utilization of epitaxial loayer.As sawtooth curve 502 and 503 lower area reflected; Even the epitaxy layer thickness of sawtooth pattern IGBT has approached 20%, the voltage that is applied on the epitaxial loayer of zigzag IGBT is still the same as the voltage that is applied on the conventional I GBT that is reflected at sawtooth curve 501 lower areas.Therefore, sawtooth pattern IGBT has overcome restriction in the present invention.As shown in Figure 5 is the Electric Field Distribution of two IGBT devices.Alternately, the P layer of charge balance and the existence of N layer, make electric field maintenance level, have little spike and make its shape as sawtooth.This Electric Field Distribution has been guaranteed the stable of the voltage on the drift region, and the result has caused optimizing utilization.
As shown in Figure 6, the existence of thin epi region has caused the lower forward voltage drop in the device conducted state.Fig. 6 is the current-voltage figure contrast of the forward conduction performance of possible structure I GBT1 of conventional I GBT and sawtooth pattern IGBT device of the present invention two kinds and IGBT2.Conventional I GBT and sawtooth pattern IGBT are denoted as 601,602,603 like IGBT1 and IGBT2.As shown in the figure, because the existence of thin drift region, sawtooth waveforms IGBT compares with conventional I GBT has a forward voltage drop that reduces.It is that N type layer and the doping of P type layer that is positioned on the epitaxial loayer is independent of puncture voltage that another one makes sawtooth pattern IGBT keep the factor of lower forward voltage drop.Therefore, compare with the N-epitaxial loayer of conventional I GBT, these among the present invention layer can obtain higher doping.
Can also be applied to other semiconductor power device with the idea of alternative P type and N type layer replacement N-epitaxial loayer.Fig. 7 A (prior art) and 7B are respectively the cross-sectional views of conventional power MOSFET and zigzag MOSFET.Fig. 8 A (prior art) and 8B are respectively the cross-sectional views of conventional power diode and zigzag power diode.
Though the present invention is described according to present preferred implementation, should be appreciated that, this openly can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.When reading above disclosing, various changes and modification should be very tangible for those of ordinary skill in the art.For example; Though used N-channel mosfet device, this invention can apply to the P-channel mosfet very easily, through transition region with the layer polarity (in this case; N-type horizontal columns rather than P-type horizontal columns need be born puncture, and it is similar opposite puncturing formula: W
N<2*W
D* [N
A/ (N
A+ N
D)].Therefore, the accessory claim book can be understood that to comprise all variations and change is included within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. semiconductor power device that is formed on the Semiconductor substrate; Comprise: be positioned at P-type and N-type doped layer thin layer that the plurality of rows on the drift region of Semiconductor substrate replaces each other; This semiconductor power device is a vertical power device; In the cross-sectional view of semiconductor power device; The described P-type that replaces each other and N-type doped layer thin layer are with respect to the parallel formation of substrate, and the doping content of described each thin layer and thickness can be guaranteed the charge balance and the puncture of described alternating-doping layer thin layer under conduction mode;
Described drift region has the P-conductive form, and the thickness of described N-type doped layer thin layer is W
N, and W
N<2*W
D* [N
A/ (N
A+ N
D)], W
DThe depletion widths of the P-type that representative is alternately arranged and the PN junction of N-type doped layer thin layer, N
DRepresent the doping content of described N-type doped layer thin layer, N
ARepresent the doping content of described P-type doped layer thin layer; The drift region of semiconductor power device has the ideal rectangle of being similar to Electric Field Distribution;
The charge balance of described alternating-doping layer thin layer is by formula q*N
D* W
N=q*N
A* W
PConfirm, and q represents electron charge, W
NRepresent the thickness of described N-type doped layer thin layer.
2. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described N-type doped layer thin layer bears the puncture that comes from the built-in depletion widths of closing on PN junction.
3. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described semiconductor power device further comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor.
4. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Described semiconductor power device further comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor that is arranged on the N-type substrate; Be arranged on the collector electrode of described N-type substrate bottom, be arranged on the P-type drift region on the described N-type substrate, be arranged on the emitter of P-type drift region upper surface.
5. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described semiconductor power device also comprises a mos field effect transistor.
6. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described semiconductor power device is a P-NMOS N-channel MOS N field-effect transistor.
7. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described semiconductor power device further comprises an emitter switch class thyristor.
8. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described semiconductor power device further comprises a power diode.
9. semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Described semiconductor power device further comprises a power diode that is arranged on the P+ substrate; A P-drift region is arranged on the P+ substrate, and a negative electrode is arranged on the basal surface of described substrate, and an anode is arranged on the top surface of described P-drift region.
10. a manufacturing is arranged on the method for the semiconductor power device with a drift region that is similar to the ideal rectangle Electric Field Distribution on the Semiconductor substrate; This method comprises: injection and formation plurality of rows level replace on the drift region on the Semiconductor substrate P-type doped layer and N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer; This semiconductor power device is a vertical power device; In the cross-sectional view of semiconductor power device; The described P-type that replaces each other and N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer make the doping content of each thin layer and charge balance and the puncture that thickness can be guaranteed described alternating-doping layer horizontal columns thin layer under conduction mode with respect to the parallel formation of substrate;
The step of the horizontal columns thin layer that described injection and formation plurality of rows level replace further comprises a step that on the drift region of P-conductive form, forms said thin layer, and the described N-type doped layer horizontal columns thickness of thin layer that forms is W
N, and W
N<2*W
D* [N
A/ (N
A+ N
D)], wherein said W
DThe depletion widths of the P-type that representative is alternately arranged and the PN junction of N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer, N
DRepresent the doping content of described N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer, N
ARepresent the doping content of described P-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer;
The step that described drift region in the P-conductive form forms thin layer is also followed charge balance formula q*N
D* W
N=q*N
A* W
P, wherein, q represents electron charge, and W
NRepresent the thickness of described N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer.
11. method as claimed in claim 10; It is characterized in that; The step of the horizontal columns thin layer that described injection and formation plurality of rows level replace further is included in the drift region with P-type doped layer and forms said thin layer, and the said N-type doped layer horizontal columns thin layer that forms bears the puncture that comes from the built-in depletion widths of closing on PN junction.
12. method as claimed in claim 10; It is characterized in that; The step of described injection and formation plurality of rows horizontal columns thin layer also further comprises the step of a grown epitaxial layer, utilizes in-situ doped the doping with hocket N-type and P-type to form the epitaxial loayer of growth.
13. method as claimed in claim 10; It is characterized in that; The step of described injection and formation plurality of rows horizontal columns thin layer further comprises the step of grown epitaxial layer; This step is through in-situ doped, the one or many epitaxial loayer of first conductivity type of growing that circulates, and the injection of then carrying out second conductivity type forms a thin surface.
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